The handbook of person-centred psychotherapy and counselling / edited by Gina Di Malta, [and 4 others].

"First edition published 2007 by Palgrave Macmillan"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The person-centered approach today and tomorrow: seeds of a peaceful revolution -- The basic conditions of the facilitative therapeutic relationship -- Part I. Theoretical, historical and philosophical foundations -- Origins and evolution of the person-centered innovation in Carl Rogers' lifetime -- The 'family' of person-centered therapies -- The anthropological, relational and ethical foundations of person-centered therapy -- The actualizing person -- Experiential and phenomenological foundations -- Developmental and personality theory -- Working in groups -- Diversity, intersectionality and person-centered psychology: radical foundations, contemporary perspectives and cultural change -- Spirituality and transcendence -- Part II. Therapeutic practice -- The non-directive attitude -- Empathy -- Unconditional positive regard -- Congruence -- Therapeutic presence: an essential way of being -- Relational depth -- Experiential practices: explicit ways of facilitating therapeutic processes -- Person-centered creative arts therapies -- Part III. Client groups -- Person-centered psychotherapy and counselling with children and young people -- Couples and families -- Older adults -- A person-centered approach to grief counselling -- Clients with contact-impaired functioning: pre-therapy -- Difficult client process -- Working with trauma -- A person-centered approach to addiction treatment -- Part IV. Professional issues -- Assessment and formulation -- Ethics in practice in person-centred therapy -- Supervision -- Research -- Social change and cultural transformation -- Online therapy -- Preson-centred approach around the globe.

"Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest trends in theory and practice, this third edition is the most in-depth and wide-ranging text available on person-centred psychotherapy and counselling. Written by a diverse range of expert contributors, this is a cutting-edge resource for students of psychotherapy and counselling on a range of programmes, as well as professional practitioners working in the field"-- Provided by publisher.